We ain’t come to play school…
Seeing something like this brings back memories of Cardale Jones’ iconic Tweet while at Ohio State; it’s truly a beautiful piece of internet culture meeting sports history.
Now with the #Bills, Cardale Jones will no longer have to play school. pic.twitter.com/X22PEPCoRa
— TOM MARTIN (@TwoCirclesTom) April 30, 2016
College football has been absolutely insane this year. From Vandy upsetting Alabama to the immediate collapse of Florida State and all the wins, loses, and ranking changes in between, it’s already been one for the books and we’ve still got over half a season to go.
One of the most surprising stories to this point is that of Indiana, who sits at 6-0 with an offense that looks like it can keep up with anybody. Granted, they haven’t faced a test tougher than Northwestern and Maryland, but first year coach Curt Cignetti has injected the energy and optimism from his run at James Madison into a Hoosier program with only 36 winning seasons since 1887 (26%) and just 5 winning seasons in the past 30 years (17%).
This Saturday, number 16 Indiana is hosting 5-1 Nebraska in a matchup of dark horse Big Ten contenders and Coach Cig is doing everything he can to get the student section rocking, including introducing a new message that will be printed on towels and handed out to the students.
It’s simple, to the point, and gives no room for questions. Cignetti is simply saying:
“Study later.”
Cignetti’s message to IU for the weekend. These towels will be around the stadium on Saturday.
Study later. #iufb pic.twitter.com/HL11pbWrCd
— William Stewart (@will_stew24) October 15, 2024
Hell yeah, this is why college football rocks. An employee of an educational institution convinced that institution to print towels telling students to blow off their academic responsibilities to hammer Natty Lights in a parking lot and scream obscenities at a group of opposing football players.
I love it, just absolutely love it and am far from alone in feeling this way:
We ain’t come here to play school. https://t.co/qLJjdLTHdd
— WBR (@W_B_Rick) October 15, 2024
Sorry but this is epic https://t.co/Vbztq9EsVS
— Mary Kate Hamilton (@MaryKate_CBS7) October 16, 2024
If someone made these T-shirts at University of Maryland, they’d probably be arrested. University of no-fun.
Props to Indiana and their athletic department for turning around a dead football program so quickly https://t.co/qRpsOWCFOc
— RG (@RGIII__) October 15, 2024
Saturday is going to be a religious moment for me https://t.co/IJhzliKeK4
— Connor Smith (@cwsmith9971) October 15, 2024
As the old saying goes, education is important but football is importanter, and Indiana Football has me cheering for them the rest of the year, unless of course they wind up squaring up with my Penn State Nittany Lions and get cut down to size.
Until then, let’s go Hoosiers.
"This is one of the best coached teams in the Big Ten and, I'm gonna go further, in the country."@CoachUrbanMeyer & @gerrydinardo break down some @IndianaFootball offensive film in the latest 𝘜𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 👇#B1GFootball pic.twitter.com/kPAlYJQ5sG
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) October 16, 2024
